What is the 2024 forecast for the connector industry? What happened in 2023? What markets and industries saw the most growth, or the biggest decline? Is the West still outpacing the East in terms of connector sales growth? While we're at it, what about connector prices and lead times? Every few months we speak to our friends at Bishop and Associates and they provide insights and perspective on events in the $84 billion connector industry. Here's their 2024 forecast, their 2023 year in review, … [Read more...]
Best Workplaces 2023 – SAMTEC COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
We are honored to announce that Samtec’s Colorado Springs, CO, location was selected as a Best Workplaces 2023 in the Pikes Peak region for the third year in a row. Heartfelt appreciation goes out to our employees for the nomination. Samtec is one of 99 local companies selected and surveyed based on organizational health, engagement and leadership. The Colorado Springs facility, established in 2012, is one of the 40+ Samtec locations around the world. More than 125 associates working in … [Read more...]
The Best Connector Blogs Of 2023
I enjoy reading summary lists of the year that's ending. I'm talking about lists like the top news events, the most successful movies and songs, and famous people who died. And it goes without saying that everybody wants to read the list of Samtec's best connector blogs ... This list of Samtec's 2023 best connector blogs is not based on readership, because many of our most-read blogs were published before 2023. They were selected because of their relevance to customer needs, or because they … [Read more...]
Bishop and Associates: The Impact of China and COVID-19
I get dizzy when I think about the changes that took place in the connector industry in the last decade or so. New technologies, industries, processes, markets, products, and systems, from AI, to EV, to 5G, to robotics, to the cloud, to globalization, to exploding data rates, and to infinity and beyond. Two major changes in the world of connectors were the explosion of manufacturing in China, and more recently, COVID-19's impact on the industry. Who better than our friend Ron Bishop, of … [Read more...]
Samtec Cares Awards $615,000 in Grants To Local Non-Profits
Throughout its history, Samtec has gladly supported charities, events, and causes, and encouraged associates worldwide to be involved in our local communities. In addition, we routinely host donation drives and invite non-profits into our various facilities to learn more about their missions and ways we can help. The crown jewel in our community efforts is the Samtec Cares Grant Program. Samtec Cares was created to positively impact and assist organizations within the communities in … [Read more...]
Bishop European Customer Survey: Samtec #1 Again, 12th Time
Samtec has once again won the Bishop and Associates “European Customer Survey of the Electronic Connector Industry.” This is the 12th time that Samtec is ranked #1 in Europe. The last Bishop European Customer Service Survey was completed just before Covid-19. To win this survey again, in such a convoluted supply chain environment during the Covid chaos, and in such a convincing manner, is a testimony to Samtec associates worldwide who make Samtec Sudden Service® a reality. By the way, we … [Read more...]
Samtec Opens New Taiwan Design Center
Samtec recently celebrated the grand opening of our new design and manufacturing center in Taiwan. The Taiwan Design Center will design (obviously), develop, and build leading-edge connector products for multiple industries, including datacom, telecom, artificial intelligence and machine learning, test and measurement, industrial, and medical. The state-of-the-art 70,000-square-foot facility (6,503 square meters) consists of three floors of manufacturing, new product development and … [Read more...]
Full-Featured Parametric Search Now Available on Samtec.com – Solutionator 2.0 Has Been Launched
With trillions (yes, trillions) of different part combinations available, it makes perfect sense that the #1 request from Samtec.com web users over the last couple of years has been a parametric search. This feedback from one customer said it best. With the release of our original Solutionator, we brought many of the features requested above to Samtec.com. The drawback was, we needed to split it into several smaller data sets for performance reasons, which limited filtering options. … [Read more...]